The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-04-01
EARN NOTES.

Aus Puuuc nc1ts only u the hofee1
that win. Over 600 horses In training
did not win last year. Il never hears q
them.
Ab0at 1000 pounds Of silk CO.
coOns. averaging q per pound, have
been raised In Utah during the last
year. The industry Is stilI In its In
fancy. but the outlook is very aatter-
ing.
IL Is somewhat remarkable that hold
ers are 50 confident Of the future Of
wool. notwithstanding the long period
Of quiet on the part Of buyers. Il il
often quiet before storm, As wen -
after
For every thIFty-Rye live animals Inn
ported into Great Britain sixty-lour ara
imported In the form Of dressed meat,
and Of the latter twenty-one are Of
fesh meat and forty-three Of salt
meat.
Breeding stock should not be PAM
pared, but be kept In thrifty condi-
tion, and not allowed TO '.ruR down. |"
They need muscle rather than more
tat, as the latter always means q loss
Of energy, II not Of health and VigOr.
Don't forget 10 attend the institute,
dairy, aud other winter meetings. The
information you win obtain win be Of
great gaane. TO say nothing Of the
many new ideas which win be advanced
food for reflection In these weeks Of
comparative leisure.
Mr.. Pratt, Of BrattlebOrO, VT. thinks
there is danger Of feeding too much
cotton seed 10 milk cows. He feeds
one quart to each COW, but mixes IL
with four times its bulk Of ground
grain, and allows also bnshel Of en-
silage twice q day.
The average yield Of butter. says the
Montreal Witness, In fair to good
diaries, Of fifty cows or over, il 176 TO
200 pounds cow; In very good diaries
ESQ, and dairy which reaches the high
average yield Of 500 pounds Is rare In
our best butter sections.
In trimming hedge something else
should be considered as well as the
matter of cutting OF the extra growth.
A proper shape should be given it.
There is nothing so attractive or Orna-
mental as a shapely, well-kept hedge,
and Il adds value 70 the farm.
There Is no better food for hogs
and poultry at this season than finely
cut clover, moistened with boiling
water. over which smaller proportion
Of middlings have been sprinkled. The
pigs will grow well on Il and the hens
viii lay more eggs on such diet.
Clean up the weeds and burn them.
A hay rake viii take up the weeds and
dead grass after they become dry, and
they can then be put In large piles
and consumed. Thousands Of seeds
win thus be destroyed and the work Of
blowing the field rendered easier.
Have you better horses on your farm
now than You had this time last yearp
II not, why not1 The way to improve
stock is TO get rid of the inferior and
introduce better blood. II you are
not doing this you are not likely to
make much Roadway in the right dirsc-
ton.
The planter has to rely on the deal
er's catalogue for descriptions Of new
varieties of fruits and vegetables. To
q certain extent this Is advisable. Pro-
cure limited lot Of new varieties and
test in your own soil under your pecu-
liar method of cultivation. BY this
mode Of procedure you make no costly
mistakes
The COW should always be MIXED
until the udder is completely emptied.
II should be stripped thoroughly. II
this be well done she win keep in flow
of milk longer, but il neglected she
win gradually dry OF. Many good
cows are prematurely dried OF. from
hurry in milking and not doing the
work thoroughly.
Foot rot in sheep arises principally
from pasturing the sheep on damp
ground. Wet pastures are not suitable
for sheep. 1t Is much better to COM
pei them to climb steep hillsidss and
seek all their food, than 10 be CON-
PEELED to remain ON good pastures that
are damp. A good. dry pasture, how
ever, is better than either.
In preparing food for stock. such IS
cooked vegetables, chopped feed, etc.,
always season with salt. Every animal
Graves it, and must have certain
amount of saline matter introduced In
to its system TO enable It 70 thrive.
Many animals really suffer for the
want Of salt, and lose appetite. which
Is attributed to some other cause.
Il Is said that the horses stomach
has capacity Of only sixteen quarts.
while that Of the OK has capacity for
$50 quarts, but in the intestines this IL
reversed somewhat, the horse having q
capacity for 100 quarts and the or 100.
The horse, therefore, feeds often and
eats slowly, while the OK stores up q
large supply Of food to be masticated
at leisure.
Our native vine, ''bitter-sweet, has
become . favOrite In the east, and Is
being quite extensively planted in gar
dens and door-yards. Il seems strange
that II was not appreciated long ago,
as IL Is far more beautiful than many
OF the ornamental vines for which high
prices are paid. The vines are easily
transplanted from the forest where they
grow, and can be raised from seed.
Prof. w. s. Green Of the Ohio Ex-
perimental station, In relation 70 OBJ
jectiOns made against sulphur fumes
In bleaching fruit during drying. says;
IF sulphurated fruit endangers the
health. Of those who use It. or Il un-
pleasant TO the taste or Cmell, then the
practice ought 20 be discouraged; but
there Is no evidence that such Is the
fact when sulphur is properly used.
A cheap and convenient disinfectant
for poultry houses may be prepared by
mixing one bushel Of fnely-siftsd dirt
and one pound Of chloride Of lime. II
fine tobacco dust be- added it viii assist
In preventing lice The dirt SO pre-
pared may be busted over the floors or
In any portion Of the poultry house,
and It win greatly assist In keeping OF
disease and vermin. The cost Il but .
tribe.
In the experiments made by the
French government minimum quanti-
" Of salt allowed daily to cows pro-
duced the greatest flow Of milk. Oxen
fed the same amount presented sleek
coats, while Others receiving no salt
were NANCY, rough. and ill-condition-
cd. The amount allowed was: For
fattenlng stall oxen. two aud one-half
ounces each per day; fatssning pigs,
one to two ounces, according to size;
sheep, one-half an ounce, and horses
and mules, one ounce.